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OCTOBER 5, 2012

by Jason Miller Do you check to see how many likes your Instagram photo has every 5 minutes? Do you remove vowels from words in your Tweets? Have you checked in at your local Starbucks more than anyone else? Your answers to these questions will determine whether or not you have an unhealthy relationship with social media. The infographic below is based on a fantastic blog post from best-selling author and Ogilvy marketing expert Rohit Bhargava titled 10 Signs You May Have an Unhealthy Relationsh

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

If you are trying to recruit social ambassadors for your business, you will undoubtedly run into the challenge from your colleagues that they don’t know what to write about. If we accept the Social Business imperative , you know we need to grow our army of storytellers in order gain a greater share of voice, to attract an audience of interested parties and ultimately to convert that traffic into quantifiable business.

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Building an effective online presence these days has moved beyond the realm of the occasional event and into the daily routine of the marketing department. It doesn’t matter if it’s just you, as opposed to the traditional definition of department, online marketing must become a habit that’s practiced daily. photo credit: cleev. Now, I also recognize that there are many things calling for your daily attention.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

by Jon Miller One question we hear all the time from customers is how to measure the ROI of social media. While I won’t talk here about the ROI of all social media, I do want to drill into the return on paid social media advertising. This includes traditional display ads on sites like LinkedIn and Facebook, as well as less traditional options such as Facebook Promoted Posts and Twitter Promoted Tweets.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

by Jason Miller There are certain go-to experts when it comes to LinkedIn strategies for b2b marketing professionals and Neal Schaffer is always at the top of that list. A Forbes Top 30 Social Media Power Influencer and creator of the AdAge Top 100 Global Marketing Blog Windmill Networking , Neal is a popular social media conference speaker who is also known for his award-winning and critically acclaimed social media books: ”Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing” and “Windmill

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

by Jason Miller When it comes to content marketing and social media marketing, expert Michael Stelzner is always at the top of the list. A leading author, speaker, strategist, and founder of Social Media Examiner, Michael helps businesses understand the trends in social media marketing , and how marketers can learn to leverage its power. Recently I caught up with Michael, and he answered some very tough questions that content and social media marketers face everyday.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

by Dayna Rothman We had a great webinar last week on content marketing with Toby Murdock, CEO and Co-Founder of Kapost , and Jason Miller, Social Media Strategist at Marketo. Unfortunately we didn’t have enough time to answer all of the questions about content marketing that our audience asked during the webinar. So, we wanted to do a follow-up blog and share our answers to all of our readers.

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

by Dayna Rothman One of the best ways to engage your audience is by providing them with a compelling reason to share your message across social networks in a way that is natural and seamless. Word-of-mouth marketing and peer recommendations are an extremely powerful way to increase brand visibility, as people will believe their network of peers vs. a brand driven campaign.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

by Jon Miller Marketing automation is a technology that streamlines and automates marketing tasks so companies can increase operational efficiency and grow revenue faster. In other words, companies don’t buy marketing automation to automate their marketing. They buy it to: Grow revenue faster. Generate more high quality sales-ready leads. Measure and prove marketing ROI.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

by Carra Manahan Visual content is on the rise and is taking content marketing to new heights. Due to the constant noise, people have less time to read words and prefer to digest information through eye-catching and appealing visuals. No longer can b2b marketing professionals rely only on ebooks, whitepapers, and blog posts to spread their message.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

by Dayna Rothman Megan Totka is the Chief Editor for ChamberofCommerce.com , the most trusted online business directory for small businesses and facilitates connectivity between local businesses and more than 7,000 Chambers of Commerce worldwide. She specializes on the topic of small business tips and resources and business news. Megan has several years of experience on the topics of small business marketing, copywriting, SEO, online conversions and social media.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

by Jason Miller Tim Ash is the CEO of SiteTuners.com and the author of the best selling book “Landing Page Optimization”. He is an expert in user-centered design and understanding online behavior. Tim specializes in improving website conversion rates through landing page diagnosis and redesign, conversion consulting, a/b-split and multivariate test plan creation, and client training/mentoring.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

by Maria Pergolino Marketers typically spend the largest chunk of their budgets on lead generation, in order to find potential customers. These names are often fast-tracked over to sales, and then tossed back to marketing if they are not yet ready to purchase. Marketing then continues the conversation with them via email marketing or lead nurturing– waiting for them to respond.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

by Dayna Rothman We’d like to welcome Toby Murdock as the author of today’s guest post. Toby is the CEO of Kapost , the leading provider of content marketing software. This post is an excerpt from the eBook, “How to Build and Operate a Content Marketing Machine,” to be co-published by Marketo and Kapost later this month. To get an advanced copy and learn more about content marketing practices, sign up for today’s webinar of the same name co-hosted by Toby and Marketo’s Jason Miller on Octo

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Speaker: Jam Khan, SVP, Product Marketing at ZoomInfo & guest speaker Amy Hawthorne, Principal Analyst from Forrester

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

by Dayna Rothman As many of you know, Marketo just released our brand new Definitive Guide to Social Marketing , which touches on everything a modern marketer needs to know about creating a comprehensive social strategy. Back in 2010, we released the Definitive Guide to B2B Social Media. As trends in the social media space change so rapidly, when we sat down to create the new version, we decided to re-name it The Definitive Guide to Social Marketing, as the term “social marketing” fit with the h

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

by Kelly Waffle Being a successful B2B marketing professional today can be compared to being a successful race car pit crew chief. You are trying to make sure your lead generation vehicles are driven efficiently and effectively—with marketing automation as your engine—to beat your competitors to the finish line. Pit crews have a limited amount of tires and fuel.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

by Theresa Vu Digital marketing is advancing at a vigorous pace. Everyone is being asked to do more with less time and resources. Traditionally, marketers have been going at it alone focusing a majority of their efforts on the nuts and bolts of process, with little time left for the fun stuff like being creative and strategic. With the Marketing Nation , this is all changing.The Marketing Nation is where ideas, people, and technology converge to drive more revenue faster.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

by Dayna Rothman We’d like to welcome Justin Gray as a guest blogger in today’s post. He is the CEO and chief marketing evangelist at LeadMD. The company helps businesses generate and manage leads better through marketing automation processes and technologies. He can be reached at jgray@leadmd.com. You can use the fanciest of tools marketing automation has to offer (and most of you do), but if your brand isn’t being showcased as a part of your messaging, you’re missing the mark.

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Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

by Jason Miller Craig Rosenberg is a sort of legend in the world of B2B marketing and demand generation. His off the cuff wit, edgy take on content, and genuine expertise in and around optimizing the sales funnel has garnered his blog a dedicated audience. He’s a fascinating guy to hang out with and I had a few minutes to catch up with him at a recent event.

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

by Kieran Flanagan Content marketing is one of the hottest topics in online marketing at the moment. At Marketo, we have used the power of content marketing to grow our business at a rapid pace (see Marketo ranks #1 Marketing Software Vendor on the Inc 500 ). We have also just launched a guide to show you how to build and operate your own content marketing machine.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

When I ask people what they think marketers do or what is marketing , they almost always say that marketing is some form of advertising or promotion. We all learned the “4 Ps” (Product, Promotion, Price and Place for those who don’t remember.) So we know that there is more to marketing than just promotion. But even this traditional definition is under attack.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

How does a company move from becoming a promoter of their stuff to a provider of business insights? How do brand become publishers without hiring entire newsrooms full of journalists? Turns out, the answer is simple: take the knowledge, the expertise and the passion of your employees and focus that on answering your potential customers’ key questions.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

Sales and marketing are really just 2 sides of the same coin. Yin and Yang. Push and Pull. And in many ways, they are becoming more and more alike. I have spent time in both roles and the basic tenets of success in sales and marketing still come down to basic human nature. Help people and they will reward you. And no matter what business you are in, you will need to find the right balance of traditional and new techniques to reach your customers and help your company grow through higher sales.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

What is the value of a social business? How do we become one? Can you create one? Or is it more about culture, motivation and the enablement of social forces already in play in today’s workforce? These are questions that are not just being asked by marketers but by CEOs, business leaders and entrepreneurs around the world. We are rapidly moving beyond the question of why we need to become a social business to how to become a social business.

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Adobe Experience Cloud Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2012

by Jon Miller I recently wrote in my post The ROI of Marketing Automation that for most companies, the difference between “good ROI” and “amazing ROI” is in their ability to complement the out-of-the-box software with the right people, ideas, and best-practice processes. Until recently, each company had to figure all this out on their own. And this prevented a lot of companies from adopting and being successful with marketing automation.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Econsultancy and Outbrain recently released a content marketing survey report that highlights the importance content marketing but also that marketers have been slow to define their strategy. The survey was representative of 1,300 respondents from both the brand and the agency worlds. The report covers the importance of content marketing, the maturity of content marketing strategy, the main objectives and barriers of content marketing and also the tactics used the most.

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OCTOBER 5, 2012

by Dayna Rothman The Lenskold Group and The Pedowitz Group recently released their 2012 Lead Generation Marketing Effectiveness Study. The study draws on 373 B2B marketers to discuss the practice of lead generation , marketing automation, ROI, and how they are all interrelated. Additionally, the report prioritizes competencies of highly effective marketing organizations, to help pinpoint what marketers should be focusing on as they continue building our their capabilities.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

by Phil Fernandez Well, it’s been a busy couple of weeks for us here at Marketo! I’ve (almost) recovered after a massive Marketo presence at Dreamforce with our friends at salesforce.com. One of the headlines from Dreamforce was obviously salesforce.com’s launch of their Marketing Cloud. There is a clearly a broad market realization afoot that the CMO and the marketing organization need their own platform.

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OCTOBER 19, 2012

by Dayna Rothman Marketo had a huge presence at Dreamforce this year and the marketing cloud was a major focal point for both Salesforce and all of the attendees. And because Marketo is the number one marketing software on the AppExchange, many of our executives had the chance to be interviewed and to comment on the Marketing Cloud, social, and the state of marketing in general for the coming year.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Right now, there is a huge “Frankenstorm” churning winds and rain outside my house. My lights are still on but they are flickering… Despite the seriousness of this storm, my 4 little kids are mostly concerned with whether Halloween is going to come off as planned. As the world watches my little corner of the world, a young family is grieving the loss of 2 beautiful little children.

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